A New Lowry Hill Gallery Brings Regional Art Home

Lowry Hill Gallery opened March 7, 2026, in a 3,400-square-foot storefront at 1009 W. Franklin Ave., a contemporary space built to show the work of Minnesota and regional artists.

The gallery was founded by Andrea Bubula, former director of the long-running Groveland Gallery on Groveland Terrace, with Muriel Lang as gallery manager. It specializes in representational painting, drawing and fine-art prints, and its opening roster includes the estate of noted Minnesota painter Mike Lynch. The room has 15-foot ceilings, uninterrupted exhibition walls, free street parking and full wheelchair access.

Bubula's track record matters in a business where relationships travel with the dealer. She built a following over years at Groveland Gallery, and collectors who knew her there now have a new address to follow. Her focus on representational regional work is also a deliberate counterpoint to the Walker Art Center's contemporary program a few blocks up the slope, giving Lowry Hill two different ways into art rather than one.

Opening receptions run on Saturday afternoons and evenings during the season, free and open to the public. The location is pointed: a stretch of Franklin near the rebuilt Hennepin Avenue, a corridor the city spent years reworking, and a bet that the street is now a destination rather than a route through.